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W. HQHOVEY.

ALE OR BEER'PAUGET.

(No Model.)

No. 368,768. Patented Aug. 23, 1887.

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llNiTED STATES YVILLI AM H.

HOVEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ON E HALF TO SYLVESTER.A. RYAN, OF SAME PLACE.

ALE OR BEER FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,768, dated August23, 1887.

Applicaiion filed March 25, 1887.

To (LZZ whomz't may concern:

Be it known that LWILLIAM I-I. HovnY, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Sp ringfield, in the county of Hampden and State of 5Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Aleor Beer Faucets; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of theiuvention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is arepresentation of this invention,and showsa vertical section through the faucet-barrel and a portion of abarrelliead, and a side View of the conical plug and driving-rod. Fig. 2is a vertical section through the whole device, and shows the plug androd turned so as to open the faucet.

My invention relates to improvements in faucets for barrels or kegscontaining malt liquors, such as beer and ale; and its objects are topermit the tapping of thekeg or barrel to be performed quickly andreadily and without any loss of the liquor by squirting out from thebung-hole around the inserted faucet, as often occurs with faucets ofthe usual construction, and to prevent leakage from the keg or barrel atthe bung-hole around the faucet and at the discharge pipe or nipple ofthe latter. These objects I attain by means of the construction of thefaucet barrel or cylinder and the combination of the same with otherparts of the device, as hereinafter described, and embraced in theclaims hereto appended.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designatcs a portion of the headof a beer keg or barrel having the bung-hole a closed by the ordinaryplug or bung, a, in the usual way.

B is the improved faucet,-having the cylinder 0, the inner or entranceend, 0, of which is conical, shaped as shown, externally threaded, andprovided near the extremity with theinternal diaphragm, provided withacentral circular guide and bearing opening for the driving-rod hereindescribed. The cylinder 0 near its outer end is provided with a chamber,D, tapering slightly outward, and from Serial No. 232,398. (No model.)

a proper point of said chamber the discharge tube or nozzle (Z runsoutward. The outer end of the cylinder 0 is externally threaded for theengagement of a screw-cap, E, having in its base a central circularguide and bearingopening for the driving-rod before mentioned.

6 is a washer, and e proper packing between the end of the cylinder andthe cap to make the joint between them properly tight.

F is a conical plug fitting'snugly and capable ofturning in the chamberD,and provided with a central longitudinal opening, f, through which thedriving-rod slides. The said plug isprovided with an opening,f, at rightangles 6 to and communicating with its central opening,f, and having itsorifice f in position to register with the dischargenozzle d. f is anotch in one side of the inner end of the plug F, for a purposehereinafter explained. 0

G is the cylindrical driving-rod passing through the opening in the cap,the plug F, and the diaphragm c, as described, and provided with thecentral longitudinal chamber,

.9, having near its inner end the inlet-openings g g, and at its upperend with the outletopening 9.

H is a projection on the outside of the driving-rod,of proper size andshape to enter and fit the notchf in the end of the plug F. Thedriving-rod has a suitable handle, it, on its outer end, and when drawnoutward thereby until the projection H enters the notch f 3 the opening9 registers with the openingf in the plug. The drivingrod then can bepulled no farther outward, and when rotated by its handles the plug willrotate with it.

The method of using the device is as follows: The bung a, being drivenslightly in the tapped or threaded end of the cylinder 0, will o takehold in the outer end of the bung-hole a. Then screw the said end in thehole until secure therein. A few taps with a mallet on the outer end ofthe driving-rod will then force the bungin the barrel, and the said rodcan 5 be pushed in till theliquid will flow 011 through the openings 9and fill the chamber g, and also the interior of the cylinder, when theend of the driving-rod is pulled outward beyond the diaphragm c. WVhenit is intended to draw off beer, the driving-rod is pulled outward tillthe projection H engages in the notch f and the said rod is turned,turning the plug F with it, till openings 9' and f register with thedischarge tube or nozzle d. The beer will then flow through the chamber9 and out said discharge-nozzle till the drivingrod and cylinder areturned to cut off the communication with the nozzle.

It is evident that the screw end of the cylinder will hold secure in thehead of the barrel, and that no leakage can take place around it. It isalso evident thatby cutting off the communication between thedischarge-nozzle and the opening f and the communication of the latterwith the opening 9 by pushing in the driving-rod no leakage can takeplace at the nozzle.

Having described my invention, Iclaim 1. In a faucet, the combination,with the cylinder having the conical inner end to engage in thebung-hole of a barrel, and a side discharge-opening, of a valveregulating said opening, and a chambered bung-driving valvestem slidingand turning in guide-bearings of said cylinder,and having inlet andoutlet openand provided with a transverse opening extending from itscentral opening and in position to register with the discharge openingfrom the cylinder, the driving-rod passing through guide-openings in thecap of the cylinder and in a diaphragm in the lower endof the same, andprovided with a longitudinal chamber having outlet-openings at its lowerend, and an outlet-opening at its outer end, andmeans, substantially asdescribed, whereby the plug is made to rotate with the drivingrod whenthe outlet-openings in the rod, the plug, and the cylinder are inposition to register with each other, substantially as specified.

3. The herein-described faucet, consisting of the cylinder 0, having theconical threaded end 0, provided with the diaphragm c, the taperedchamber D and discharge-tube d, the screw-cap E, engaging the outer endof said cylinder, the conical cap F, fitting in the chamber D, andprovided with the longitudinal opening f, outlet-opening f, and notch fand the cylindrical driving-rod provided with the projection H andlongitudinal chamber g,having the inlet-openings g and outlet-opening 9,all constructed and arranged substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVM. H. HOVEY.

Witnesses:

H. D. VAN RENssELAER, E. B. SAGE.

